Bill Belichick speaks out on the stunning Jimmy Garoppolo trade

The New England Patriots finally decided to trade backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo after hanging on to the 25-year-old all summer amid constant trade rumors, and will send Garoppolo to the winless 49ers in exchange for a second-round pick.

Fans were stunned by the move, which left 40-year-old Tom Brady without a backup on the roster or practice squad. Brady has been brilliant again in 2017, but he’s a single hit away from the Patriots’ season imploding.

Bill Belichick addressed the trade on Tuesday, and said the Patriots gave up the “best quarterback situation in the league.”

“We probably had in my mind, in my opinion, the best quarterback situation in the league for the last 2.5 years. It is just not sustainable given the way that things are set up. Definitely not something we wanted to walk away from and I felt we rode it out as long as we could. We’ve, over a period of time, explored every option possible to sustain it but, at this point, it felt like we had to make a decision. It’s a very complex situation on multiple levels. This is really the last window that we had and we did what we felt was best for the team.”

The Patriots are on a bye week, meaning the team has until November 12th to find a backup quarterback.

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